LVII

by Alfred, Lord Tennyson · (no date)
Published 01/07/1880
Part of The Palace of Art

Lest she should fail and perish utterly,

God, before whom ever lie bare

The abysmal deeps of Personality,

Plagued her with sore despair.

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